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Old Feb 20, 2006 | 06:46 PM
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which of these mufflers

ok i have a choice between two mufflers

HKS
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/HKS-U...39510654QQrdZ1



and Buddy Club
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/BUDDY...39577560QQrdZ1



i wanna know which one will be louder

i currently have 2.25 inch ss piping and my muffler is just too loud for mountain chasing...im wakin up all the neighbors and i cant hear my music too well

sooo please sooome help
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Old Feb 20, 2006 | 07:27 PM
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get a resonator?
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Old Feb 20, 2006 | 08:01 PM
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personally im going to get the HKS. IM not going witht hat model im going with this one.

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Old Feb 20, 2006 | 08:23 PM
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get the bc one. i rarely see cars with a buddy club exhaust/muffler
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Old Feb 20, 2006 | 08:42 PM
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which one protrudes at an angle, that always looks good, im glad to see your chosing something other than magnaflow.
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Old Feb 20, 2006 | 08:43 PM
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if your going for that style why not apexi? i wanna hear how any of these actually sound on the cl tho even a ws2
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Old Feb 20, 2006 | 08:46 PM
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WS2 should be quiet. apexi n1's arent to bad either.
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Old Feb 20, 2006 | 08:52 PM
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sorry i meant if your going for that style an N1, and i meant i want to hear a WS2 on our car
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Old Feb 20, 2006 | 08:57 PM
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I put on a 5zigen fireball, 2.5 piping mandrel bent, 22in resonator n it's fine with out a silencer.

So maybe all you really need is a resonator if your that worried about the sound??
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Old Feb 20, 2006 | 09:01 PM
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yea defenitly the resonator has alot to do with sound, must mufflers are engineered the same. some are different though.
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Old Feb 20, 2006 | 09:02 PM
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none of the above
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Old Feb 20, 2006 | 09:40 PM
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which one protrudes at an angle, that always looks good, im glad to see your chosing something other than magnaflow.

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Old Feb 20, 2006 | 09:54 PM
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personally im going to get the HKS. IM not going witht hat model im going with this one.

"that's a HUGE bitch"
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Old Feb 20, 2006 | 09:55 PM
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anyone going to mention the rice factor here?
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Old Feb 20, 2006 | 10:16 PM
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hes already got one tat looks like that.. swear it was at an angle too..
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Old Feb 20, 2006 | 10:20 PM
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its funny...no one has answered my question yet
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Old Feb 20, 2006 | 10:43 PM
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anyone going to mention the rice factor here?
lol

Which set up are you referring to?
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Old Feb 20, 2006 | 11:33 PM
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Originally Posted by slamed_cl_on_18z
personally im going to get the HKS. IM not going witht hat model im going with this one.

This one's pretty nice for a fart can, I'm not a fan of the carbon hks
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Old Feb 20, 2006 | 11:51 PM
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This one's pretty nice for a fart can, I'm not a fan of the carbon hks
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Old Feb 21, 2006 | 12:00 AM
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wow... nice sense of style...












NO NOT RLY
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Old Feb 21, 2006 | 12:03 AM
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very true but the only way you are are going to quiet your exhaust is to add a resonator.
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Old Feb 21, 2006 | 04:18 AM
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has anyone gone straight piped with a 22 inch resonator ..no muffler before ? I wonder how this would sound on my 3.0 ? Idk, i personaly like the muffler, but........theres that "rice" factor .especialy if your shop doesnt hang it right.
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Old Feb 21, 2006 | 08:36 AM
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wow... nice sense of style...












NO NOT RLY
O'RLY?
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Old Feb 21, 2006 | 10:13 AM
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Originally Posted by slamed_cl_on_18z
personally im going to get the HKS. IM not going witht hat model im going with this one.


R they CARB legal?
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Old Feb 21, 2006 | 02:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Black2.3CL
its funny...no one has answered my question yet
it honestly doesnt matter what muffler, its comes down to personal preference, your gonna get a million different opinions on something general like this.
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Old Feb 21, 2006 | 02:59 PM
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Originally Posted by h2o-pr00f
if your going for that style why not apexi? i wanna hear how any of these actually sound on the cl tho even a ws2
You've heard my car before. I have the Apexi N1.
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Old Feb 21, 2006 | 04:00 PM
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Originally Posted by 97BlackAckCL
O'RLY?
haha just what i was thinkin
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